2020 U.S. Open Swimming Championships
- Thursday, November 12-Saturday, November 14
- Multiple locations
- LCM/timed finals
- Where To Watch US National Team Members
- Streaming Info/Races to Watch
- Meet Central
- Combined Results – Session 1
The 2020 U.S. Open Swimming Championships kicked off in all nine locations on Thursday evening, featuring timed finals of the women’s and men’s 800m freestyle. Below are the top 8 performers from the 9 locations combined, along with links to the complete results at each site.
Session One – Thursday, November 12
Women’s 800m Freestyle
- American record: 8:04.79 8/7/2016 Katie Ledecky
- U.S. Open record: 8:06.68 1/17/2016 Katie Ledecky
- U.S. Open Meet: 8:14.59 12/4/2019 Katie Ledecky
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 8:48.09
Top 8 combined:
- Bella Sims, SAND – 8:27.01
- Ally McHugh – 8:29.36
- Erica Sullivan, SAND – 8:31.38
- Ashley Twichell, TAC – 8:33.58
- Emma Weyant, SYS – 8:34.93
- Mariah Denigan, LAK – 8:36.72
- Caroline Pennington, TAC – 8:44.45
- Paige Kuwata, SAND – 8:45.15
Men’s 800m Freestyle
- American record: 7:43.60 7/31/2013 Michael McBroom
- U.S. Open record: 7:44.57 7/29/2018 Zane Grothe
- U.S. Open Meet record: 7:47.27 8/8/2009 Chad La Tourette
- U.S. Olympic Trials cut: 8:12.99
Top 8 combined:
- Marwan El Kamash – 7:52.19
- Bobby Finke, UF – 7:53.05
- Kieran Smith, UF – 8:00.05
- Alfonso Mestre, UF – 8:00.49
- Jordan Wilimovsky, KSWM – 8:01.40
- Will Gallant, MVN – 8:02.15
- Michael Brinegar, IU – 8:03.00
- Jake Mitchell, UM – 8:03.11
With all due respect to those swimming, I miss seeing Ledecky on a heat sheet 🙁
It was nice to hear the announcers mention other names though
Katie Ledecky was last seen in the got milk ad that appeared during the livestream on USA swimming.
I love the competitive nature of the meets without a clear cut favorite, rising stars like Bella Sims really shining and getting more recognition for it.